Food and Agricultural Code section 822

The Legislature shall review actions taken in the implementation and furtherance of the state agricultural policy for their impact on the following factors:

(a)

Productive agricultural land.

(b)

Agricultural water supplies.

(c)

Agricultural energy resources, including, but not limited to, energy rates and rate structures.

(d)

Pest control, exclusion, detection, and eradication activities.

(e)

Agricultural labor.

(f)

Agricultural production tools, including, but not limited to, fertilizers and implements of husbandry.

(g)

Marketing agricultural products in the domestic and foreign markets.

(h)

Agricultural research, education, and agricultural extension programs.

(i)

Agricultural transportation and distribution systems.

(j)

Agricultural financing.

(k)

Family owned farms.

(l)

Activities of county agricultural commissioners.

(m)

Agricultural exhibits at state-supported fairs.

(n)

Recycling agricultural byproducts.

(o)

Applied new technologies including, but not limited to, new food product and value-added product development.

Source: Section 822, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=822.­ (updated Jul. 10, 1987; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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